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2700 - Tuesday 2/24/26: Cargill Community Kitchen, African American Heritage Garden, Midwest cocktail culture

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Lake Effect

Episodios

Tuesday 2/24/26: Cargill Community Kitchen, African American Heritage Garden, Midwest cocktail culture

Monday 2/23/26: Robin Vos retirement fallout, Thin Ice, Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

Friday 2/20/26: Origins of Black History Month, Birkie baby, skating ribbon

Thursday 2/19/26: Immigrants and tax filing, Minneapolis and Milwaukee, American Reckoning

Wednesday 2/18/26: Origins of Black History Month, sanctuary movements, Birkie baby

Tuesday 2/17/26: Early literacy at the library, skating ribbon, poetry and stargazing

Monday 2/16/26: Election administration, White House history, Betty Brinn artist-in-residence

Friday 2/13/26: Data center basics, local blood supply, Friday the Thirteenth

Thursday 2/12/26: Spicy stories and sultry spellings for Valentine vixens

Wednesday 2/11/26: Blood supply, data center basics, Black Lens, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Tuesday 2/10/26: facial recognition tech, Thin Ice, Bad Bunny latte, line dancing

Monday 2/9/26: Social media and Black history, DHS and Wisconsin, seniors and social clubs

Friday 2/6/26: Milwaukee's Point-In-Time, baby bust, stationary and joy

Thursday 2/5/26: Dropping birth rate in Milwaukee, lessons from the Holocaust, Bubbler Talk

Wednesday 2/4/26: Police officers and school safety, tariffs and coffee shops, stationary and joy

Tuesday 2/3/26: Milwaukee's Point-In-Time, food waste, a local Bad Bunny collab

Monday 2/2/26: Beach access court case, private schools and public vouchers, Enderis Park

Friday 1/30/26: warming shelters, Keys to Homeownership, coyotes, new Milwaukee Rec Director, One Liner Madness

Thursday 1/29/26: Seeking Solutions, rare bird prints, sturgeon spearing

Wednesday 1/28/26: Coyote cohabitation, Status Pending, One Liner Madness

Tuesday 1/27/26: Shelters respond to the cold, Milwaukee Rec's new director, Frank Lloyd Wright

Monday 1/26/26: Reporting on Minneapolis, constitutional amendments, National Environmental Policy Act

Friday 1/23/26: Safety tips for the cold, Milwaukee Health Assessment, Live at Lake Effect

Thursday 1/22/26: Milwaukee Health Assessment, Live at Lake Effect, Bubbler Talk

Wednesday 1/21/26: MPS audit funds released, how to get kids reading, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Tuesday 1/20/26: nursing degree changes, physician mental health, cold weather care, behind the scenes at the Domes

Friday 1/16/26: Data centers and utilities, WisconsinEye shuttering, Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate

Thursday 1/15/26: The basics of data centers, Wisconsin in the Olympics, surviving forced assimilation

Wednesday 1/14/26: adult literacy, WisconsinEye shuttering, Milwaukee Water Commons leader, Liberace memorialization

Tuesday 1/13/26: Data centers and utilities, MCTS changes, Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate

Monday 1/12/26: Top five reports from Wisconsin Policy Forum, Jerry Apps, Burlington Liars Club

Friday 1/9/26: A chat with David Crowley, Milwaukee and Venezuela, lead remediation at MPS

Thursday 1/8/26: Milwaukee and Venezuela, AI data centers and the environment, literacy and teaching

Wednesday 1/7/26: ICE in Wisconsin compared to other states, Christmas trees and dairy farms, resolutions

Tuesday 1/6/26: Lead remediation at MPS, staying social this winter, weird museums

Monday 1/5/26: A chat with the Milwaukee County Executive, Capitol Notes, singing and heart health

Friday 1/2/26: Love and outer space, Chirp Chat, Silent Book Club

Thursday 1/1/26: Organ donation misconceptions and real experiences, millennial nostalgia

Wednesday 12/31/25: Revisiting the Bay View Massacre story, 1950s plane crash, celery legacy

Tuesday 12/30/25: Milwaukee Community Land Trust, UWM ends atmospheric sciences program, talkin' film

Monday 12/29/25: Indigenous intergenerational trauma, sanctuary movements in Wisconsin, bird art

Friday 12/26/25: RNC economic impact, koi fish street artist, The Bruce

Thursday 12/25/25: 'Christmas at the Oriental'

Wednesday 12/24/25: A chat with MAM's leader, a journey with the library, Chirp Chat

Tuesday 12/23/25: Home insurance, MKE Roots, This Is It

Monday 12/22/25: Affordable housing in Minneapolis and Milwaukee, data centers, Milwaukee Based

Friday 12/19/25: Nursing and student loans, beach access dispute, Wandering Wisconsin

Thursday 12/18/25: Beach access dispute, Chirp Chat, Books to Gift

Wednesday 12/17/25: Status Pending, history of holiday breads, Dig In!

Tuesday 12/16/25: SUSO, Games to Gift, biathlon training